Purple honorable mention

Credit: Ruth Schaefer

Honorable mention for this week's SunShots series "Purple" goes to Ruth Schaefer for her picture of her neighbor carrying a umbrella with purple Irises. The picture was taken with a Canon Rebel XSi. Here is a critique by Baltimore Sun director of photography Robert Hamilton: "I like the eye catching pattern of the umbrella and the photographer had the right idea shooting the subject from behind. However, with a shallower field of focus, the picture would have been less busy and the umbrella would have really jumped in the frame."

Honorable mention for this week's SunShots series "Purple" goes to Ruth Schaefer for her picture of her neighbor carrying a umbrella with purple Irises. The picture was taken with a Canon Rebel XSi. Here is a critique by Baltimore Sun director of photography Robert Hamilton: "I like the eye catching pattern of the umbrella and the photographer had the right idea shooting the subject from behind. However, with a shallower field of focus, the picture would have been less busy and the umbrella would have really jumped in the frame." (Credit: Ruth Schaefer)

Honorable mention for this week's SunShots series "Purple" goes to Ruth Schaefer for her picture of her neighbor carrying a umbrella with purple Irises. The picture was taken with a Canon Rebel XSi. Here is a critique by Baltimore Sun director of photography Robert Hamilton: "I like the eye catching pattern of the umbrella and the photographer had the right idea shooting the subject from behind. However, with a shallower field of focus, the picture would have been less busy and the umbrella would have really jumped in the frame."